Impact of Image Quality Enhancement Using Homomorphic Filtering on the Performance of Deep Learning-Based Facial Emotion Recognition Systems

Facial emotion recognition technology is crucial in understanding human expressions from images or videos by analyzing distinct facial features. A common challenge in this technology is accurately detecting a person's facial expression, which can be hindered by unclear facial lines, often due to poor lighting conditions. To address these challenges, it is essential to improve image quality. This study investigates how enhancing image quality through homomorphic filtering and sharpening techniques can boost the accuracy and performance of deep learning-based facial emotion recognition systems. Improved image quality allows the classification model to focus on relevant expression features better. Therefore, this research contributes to in facilitating more intuitive and responsive communications by enabling system to interpret and respond to human emotions effectively. The testing used three different architectures: MobileNet, InceptionV3, and DenseNet121. Evaluasi kinerja dilakukan menggunakan metrik akurasi, presisi, recall, dan F1-score. Experimental results indicated that image enhancement positively impacts the accuracy of the facial emotion recognition system. Specifically, the average accuracy increased by 1-2% for the MobileNet architecture, by 5-7% for InceptionV3, and by 1-3% for DenseNet121.